From 0392c91da696a40c752de9519838a19d1a31e5af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: FamALouiz <fam@awadlouis.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2025 09:56:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] doc: updates python command to specify state file

---
 README.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7fb1226..e4084ab 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ npm run dev
 ### 2. Initialize Network Topology
 
 ```bash
-python3 commands/init_network.py
+python3 commands/init_network.py --state-file ./public/simplified_state.json
 ```
 
 ### 3. Access the Application

From b1644a45d9d268124ae3007c9141492a60db51fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: FamALouiz <fam@awadlouis.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2025 10:07:38 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] doc: added virtual environment section

---
 README.md                | 11 +++++++++++
 commands/init_network.py | 10 +++++-----
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e4084ab..8ff17f3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -71,6 +71,17 @@ cd LLMGuard
 npm install
 ```
 
+#### (Optional but recommended) Create virtual environment
+
+```bash
+pip install virtualenv
+
+python3 -m venv .venv
+
+source .venv/bin/activate # for linux
+.venv\Scripts\activate # for windows
+```
+
 #### Python Dependencies
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/commands/init_network.py b/commands/init_network.py
index 5ee2dbf..8bdec14 100644
--- a/commands/init_network.py
+++ b/commands/init_network.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def get_container_image_and_config(self, node_type: str) -> tuple[str, Dict[str,
         """Get Docker image and config for node type"""
         configs = {
             'firewall': {
-                'image': 'alpine:latest',
+                'image': 'alpine:3.19.8',
                 'command': 'sh -c "apk add --no-cache iptables traceroute && tail -f /dev/null"',
                 'cap_add': ['NET_ADMIN'],
                 'privileged': True,
@@ -98,28 +98,28 @@ def get_container_image_and_config(self, node_type: str) -> tuple[str, Dict[str,
                 'ports': {'80/tcp': None, '443/tcp': None}
             },
             'router': {
-                'image': 'alpine:latest',
+                'image': 'alpine:3.19.8',
                 'command': 'sh -c "apk add --no-cache iproute2 iptables traceroute && echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward && tail -f /dev/null"',
                 'cap_add': ['NET_ADMIN'],
                 'privileged': True,
                 'ports': {}
             },
             'switch': {
-                'image': 'alpine:latest',
+                'image': 'alpine:3.19.8',
                 'command': 'sh -c "apk add --no-cache bridge-utils iptables iproute2 && tail -f /dev/null"',
                 'cap_add': ['NET_ADMIN'],
                 'privileged': True,
                 'ports': {}
             },
             'user': {
-                'image': 'alpine:latest',
+                'image': 'alpine:3.19.8',
                 'command': 'sh -c "sleep 3 && apk add --no-cache iptables && tail -f /dev/null"',
                 'cap_add': [],
                 'privileged': True,  # TODO: Change to non-privileged
                 'ports': {}
             },
             'external': {
-                'image': 'alpine:latest',
+                'image': 'alpine:3.19.8',
                 'command': 'sh -c "apk add --no-cache iptables iproute2 && tail -f /dev/null"',
                 'cap_add': ['NET_ADMIN'],
                 'privileged': True,